portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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There's an excellent piece by our Paul Hayward in the telegraph today about fan's misbehaviours this season and how clubs and the authorities should address. The essence of the article is enough is enough. Anyway, it got me thinking in light of the fan being banned for starting a song at the Amex recently in the north stand, what songs are regularly sung at the AMEX which could and should be banned in this context i.e it encourages a hateful and poisonous atmosphere? At the very least, you could end up in BIG trouble. Here's a few in this respect
Stand-Up, if you hate Palace: obviously inciting illegal activity
Hark now hear, and Brighton sing: encourages fighting
Build a Bonfire: inciting assassination/harm to 2 individuals
Go left, go left....: massive use of a swear word penultimate line / threat to life in the last line
Your dirty Northern ba*****: swear word
Sign on, Sign on: discriminating against the disadvantaged
The ref's a *******: foul and abusive
Wash your mouth out son, shoot the Palace....: abusive and again, a threat to life being chanted here
Sheepshaggers: heard it a hundred times down the years but re: Bellamy case, this is now deemed racist
1 nil to the Nancy Boys: homophobic
You're too ugly to be gay: homophobic
Any others? But for the sake of clarity, the club ought to be very specific in a programme about the exact songs that have been sung in the past which are now deemed unacceptable so everyone's clear in my opinion. Or more fans are going to be ejected / end up with criminal records to their surprise, however witless these songs may be. Once we've got a list together, maybe post to Insider?
Stand-Up, if you hate Palace: obviously inciting illegal activity
Hark now hear, and Brighton sing: encourages fighting
Build a Bonfire: inciting assassination/harm to 2 individuals
Go left, go left....: massive use of a swear word penultimate line / threat to life in the last line
Your dirty Northern ba*****: swear word
Sign on, Sign on: discriminating against the disadvantaged
The ref's a *******: foul and abusive
Wash your mouth out son, shoot the Palace....: abusive and again, a threat to life being chanted here
Sheepshaggers: heard it a hundred times down the years but re: Bellamy case, this is now deemed racist
1 nil to the Nancy Boys: homophobic
You're too ugly to be gay: homophobic
Any others? But for the sake of clarity, the club ought to be very specific in a programme about the exact songs that have been sung in the past which are now deemed unacceptable so everyone's clear in my opinion. Or more fans are going to be ejected / end up with criminal records to their surprise, however witless these songs may be. Once we've got a list together, maybe post to Insider?
